Select ONE item; please indicate the number of your choice in the posting. 1. Identify three (3) values of American culture.Then apply the concepts of counterculture, subculture, and cultural conflict to each of these three values, including examples.
2. Describe the respective roles of discovery, invention, and diffusion in causes of cultural change.Explain how each brings about change and provide an example of each.Also, explain how diffusion can and has influenced the emergence of a global culture.
3. Describe the “culture of victimization.”Discuss what social factors might contribute to this phenomenon, as well as the roles played by the legal system, by the sociological perspective, and by the proliferation of “rights groups” in our society. 4. Discuss the “culture wars” that seem to be an integral part of our society today.Provide a description of the two opposing sides in these “wars”, including brief profiles and typical stands of members of the two sides.Finally, indicate to which camp you best fit and why.
1. Identify three (3) values of American culture. Then apply the concepts of counterculture, subculture, and cultural conflict to each of these three values, including examples.
2. Describe the respective roles of discovery, invention, and diffusion in causes of cultural change. Explain how each brings about change and provide an example of each. Also, explain how diffusion can and has influenced the emergence of a global culture.
3. Describe the “culture of victimization.” Discuss what social factors might contribute to this phenomenon, as well as the roles played by the legal system, by the sociological perspective, and by the proliferation of “rights groups” in our society.
4. Discuss the “culture wars” that seem to be an integral part of our society today. Provide a description of the two opposing sides in these “wars”, including brief profiles and typical stands of members of the two sides. Finally, indicate to which camp you best fit and why.